Police seek man in gas station robbery
Police are looking for information about a robbery that occurred Saturday at the Divine’s Shell Station at 3125 E. Mission Ave.
The robber displayed a handgun and demanded money from the register, according to Spokane police. He’s described as a white male age 25 to 28, about 5 foot 10 with short, blond hair and a gray, zip-up sweatshirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call 242-TIPS.
Spokane County
Arrested man linked to holdups
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man they think robbed two Millwood-area coffee stands after realizing someone seen urinating in public hours later matched the description of the suspect.
Two Trent Avenue coffee stands reported robberies minutes apart July 15 about 5 p.m. An employee at 12113 E. Trent Ave. said she was threatened with a gun when she tried to keep her tip jar, and an employee at the stand at 9611 E. Trent Ave. followed the suspect’s 1986 Toyota Camry until he spotted a weapon through the car window, according to a search warrant filed in Spokane County District Court.
Two hours later, deputies responding to a call of a suspicious person urinating in a yard near 8122 E. Glass Ave. spotted the suspect’s vehicle and realized the man matched the description of the robber.
Lonnie A. Kohrdt, 36, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and remains in the Spokane County Jail.
A search of the Camry revealed a tip jar matching the description given by the first coffee stand employee.
HAYDEN LAKE
Builder, districts pay EPA penalty
Lakes Highway District, SI Construction, and the Hayden Lake Recreational Water and Sewer District recently paid $14,950 to settle a violation of the federal Clean Water Act.
The problems occurred during road construction on Lancaster Road in March.
Inspectors observed numerous violations at the site, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Of particular concern was the operators’ failure to ensure that the highly erodible soils on the site were adequately stabilized before the wet season, EPA officials said.
Okanogan County, Wash.
Tests show animals are wild gray wolves
Washington state wildlife officials say genetic tests have confirmed that two animals captured last Friday in western Okanogan County are wild gray wolves. Before releasing the wolves – a male and a lactating female – biologists fitted them with radio collars to track their movements.
The state Fish and Wildlife Department also noted Wednesday that a remote camera has photographed the radio-collared male wolf at a location where six pups were also photographed.
Wildlife officials say this is the first documented resident wolf pack in Washington since the 1930s.
QUINCY, Wash.
Crews contain 1,738-acre blaze
Fire crews fully contained a blaze that briefly threatened several dozen homes near the Columbia River, but lightning sparked new blazes Wednesday in Washington’s North Cascades.
The Stuhlmiller fire burned 1,738 acres in Grant and Douglas counties near the town of Trinidad, about 20 miles southeast of Wenatchee. Strong wind gusts pushed the fire toward several dozen homes Tuesday night, but firefighters had the fire 100 percent contained Wednesday evening.
The 150 firefighters assigned to the blaze will be sent home today, said fire information officer Jeff Sevigney.
The fire destroyed two outbuildings. The cause remained undetermined.
To the north, a lightning storm sparked several small fires, but no homes were threatened. Crews in Okanogan County were watching for other possible fire starts.
The Cold Springs fire, burning in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, state land and the Yakama Indian Reservation, was 90 percent contained at 7,980 acres.